How Many People Are Named Cristela?
An estimated 528 people in the United States have the first name Cristela. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 45 years old, and Cristela peaked in popularity in 1992 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cristela as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cristela paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
528
About 1 in 649,156 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
45
years old
Peak Year
1992
17 births
Total Registered
617
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cristela
Cristela is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 617 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Cristela as a female name
Ranked #10,887 in 2017
9 female births in 2017
Peak: 1992 (17 births)
Cristela: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cristela span from the 1910s to the 2010s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 111 babies were registered. Cristela has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cristela by Decade
How has Cristela tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cristela by State
Cristela + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cristela as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cristela
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cristela: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cristela?
We estimate approximately 528 people named Cristela are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 649,156 Americans share this first name.
Is Cristela a common name?
Cristela is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 617 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cristela most popular?
Cristela reached peak popularity in 1992, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cristela is approximately 45 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cristela a female name?
Cristela is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cristela Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cristela Smith, Cristela Johnson, Cristela Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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